South Korea's manufacturing activity weakened in March as slowing domestic demand offset robust overseas sales, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
Thailand's economy expanded slowly in February with growth in the service sector and an increase in tourist arrivals offseting a fall in exports from the previous month, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said.
Vietnam's gross domestic product grew 5.66% in the first quarter from a year earlier as exports boomed, government data showed, despite higher shipping costs due to turmoil in the Red Sea.
Business sentiment among big Japanese non-manufacturers improved to a more than three-decade high in the first quarter, a closely watched central bank survey showed, offering policymakers hope that domestic demand will underpin a fragile economic recovery.
Japan's factory activity in March contracted for the 10th consecutive month though the downturn was the least pronounced in four months, helped by softer contractions in output and orders, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
